Pakistani Taliban kill four paramilitary troopers in gun attack

World News

Wed, 14 Feb 2018

Reuters

Quetta, Pakistan: Pakistani Taliban militants shot dead four paramilitary soldiers in Pakistan's western city of Quetta, where last month seven security men were killed in a suicide attack, police and the militant group said.

The Frontier Corps troopers were patrolling the residential neighbourhood of Langoabad on motorcycles when they were fired on by gunmen also riding bikes, said Naseebullah Khan, Senior Superintendent of Police for Quetta.

"The four men were shot in the head," Khan told Reuters, adding that handguns were used in the attack.